Kings Hill by rail

West Malling for Kings Hill station is on the main line to London Victoria and Blackfriars.

BY RAIL

MINUTES
   
West Malling to Victoria 50
West Malling to Blackfriars 60
West Malling to Ashford Int 30
Ashford Int to Paris 100
Ashford Int to Brussels 80
Ebbsfleet Int to Paris 125
Ebsfleet Int to Brussels 101
Source: National Rail

Kings Hill Rail Services
 

Kings Hill benefits from an excellent choice of rail services to London and other locations.  West Malling (for Kings Hill) station is just a few minutes away by car or the shuttle bus (123 : The Ride) which meets every train.

Services to Victoria leave approximately every 15 minutes from 0600 until 0800, and half hourly thereafter until 2300. The journey takes 50 minutes.

Services to Blackfriars leave daily at 0622 and 0705, taking approximately 60 minutes.


Nearby stations serving Kings Hill include:

  • Tonbridge, 14 minutes away by car, offers services to London Bridge in 34 minutes, also calling at Waterloo East and Charing Cross.

    The Tonbridge to Cannon Street service takes 42 minutes.
     
  • Paddock Wood, 16 minutes away by car, offers 3 trains an hour to London Bridge in 45 minutes, also calling at Waterloo East and Charing Cross.

    The Paddock Wood to Cannon Street service takes 51 minutes.
     

Ebbsfleet International station can be reached by car from Kings Hill in less than 30 minutes. Kent’s high-speed rail services leave every 10/15 minutes from 0645 through to 0031 and reach St Pancras International in just 17 minutes. 5 hours' car parking at Ebbsfleet costs £4.50.

Excellent onward connections are then available across the platform or from adjacent Kings Cross station, for example:

Nottingham and Oxford can be reached in just over 2hours
Birmingham in 2 hours 34 minutes
Sheffield and Leeds in 2 hours 42 minutes
 

Services from Ebbsfleet International stop at Stratford International giving excellent connections to Docklands Light Railway into Canary Wharf in approximately 27 minutes.

West Malling Railway Station Car Parking
 

A new car park with 281 spaces, including disabled, is opening in early September at West Malling station.

The 24-hour facility, which will be operated by Kenden Parking LLP, has been designed to the latest safety standards with state of the art lighting and CCTV security systems. There will be 24-hour security patrols and a manned security presence during the day.

Parking will be £4 a day between Monday and Friday inclusive and £1.50 a day at weekends and on bank holidays. Pay and display tickets will be available from four machines and discounted weekly and monthly season tickets will also be available. Initially the season tickets will have to be bought on site but a website is being designed where customers can buy their tickets on-line via RBS World Pay, the world's largest and most secure merchant provider. The website address will be www.kendenparking.co.uk

Accessed direct from the A228, the entrance to the new car park is next to the drop off bay on the access spur road and the exit is via the traffic light junction and onto the bypass.


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